On November 28, 2016, 18 year old Abdul Razak Ali Artan initiated an attack against the students and faculty of The Ohio State University. The attack was calculated, leaving 13 people injured. Within one minute, Artan was fatally shot by OSU police, thus ending the threat to campus safety. Following the attack, officials released known… Read More Islamophobia: The Making of a Terrorist
On September 15, 2016 the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that allows dreadlocks to be banned in the workplace. Our identity has a lot of components, with some being more visible than others, such as hair, and this does not make them necessarily more vulnerable to attack, but a more accessible… Read More The Culture of Hair
— Nikkhai: we must all come to wear a certain dusk with or without stars; a man covered his face and walked into our sister to open her love love is what we see at night, when the moon gathers stars and caresses our bodies with the tender fingers of wind and dips a light… Read More Tomorrow Died Yesterday
“I was absolutely devastated. I went into election night with a full heart and high spirits – I was convinced that America would turn away from the bigoted and hateful ideals promoted by the opposing candidate.” Janey Elliott, a student at Belmont University, describes a feeling known all too well as election results poured in.… Read More Election 2016: Turning Hopelessness into Action
Danielle Di Scala is a fourth year studying political science and the current vice president of USG (Undergraduate Student Government). Our conversation was a brief discussion of her time at USG, her leadership, her identity, and her future. Believe or not, this is a condensed version of the interview. V: How do you look back… Read More An Interview: Danielle Di Scala
It’s unlikely that you’ve gone this long without hearing something about the Zika virus. Although it doesn’t appear to be as daunting as Ebola was a few years ago, fellow hypochondriacs are obsessing over the fear of being bit by a mosquito infected with this virus that originated in Zika Forest, Uganda all the way… Read More Zika Virus & Women
